State of Iowa
v.
Vadim Igorevich Shultsev
Appellee
State of Iowa
Appellant
Vadim Igorevich Shultsev
Attorney for the Appellee
Tyler J. Buller, Assistant Attorney General
Attorney for the Appellant
Unes J. Booth
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
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Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Warren County, Kevin A. Parker, District Associate Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered by Danilson, C.J., and Vogel and Tabor, JJ. Opinion by Tabor, J. (6 pages)
Vadim Shultsev appeals convictions for driving while license revoked, asserting an actual-innocence claim, despite pleading guilty. He asks this court to find the recent supreme court case, Schmidt v. State, 909 N.W.2d 778, 789 (Iowa 2018), permits him to raise an actual-innocence claim on direct appeal despite not challenging the underlying guilty plea. OPINION HOLDS: Shultsev was still required to timely file a motion in arrest of judgment to challenge his guilty plea on direct appeal. A direct appeal from an uncontested guilty plea is not a viable vehicle to introduce a claim of actual innocence. Even if we could reach the merits of Shultsev’s claim, the record is inadequately developed. We affirm.
